Shabab Baalbeck Sport Club (Arabic: نادي تجمع شباب بعلبك الرياضي) is a football club based in Baalbek, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League[1] Founded in 1986 as Nabi Chit Sport Club (Arabic: نادي النبي شيت الرياضي), the club was known as Bekaa Sport Club (Arabic: نادي البقاع الرياضي) between 2018 and 2020, and is primarily supported by the Shia Muslim community.[2]

History

Nabi Chit Sport Club first played in the Lebanese Premier League in the 2014–15 season, after winning Group B of the 2013–14 Lebanese Second Division: they became the first team to represent the Beqaa Governorate in the first division. In 2018, the club changed their name to Bekaa SC;[3] they were relegated back to the Second Division in 2019. In 2020, they changed their name back to Nabi Chit SC.[4]

The club changed its name to Shabab Baalbeck SC on 7 June 2022.[5] They were promoted to the first division for the first time, as Shabab Baalbeck, after finishing second in the 2023–24 Lebanese Second Division season. [6]

Current squad

As of 23 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lebanon LBN Ali Hajj Hassan
2 DF Lebanon LBN Ali Moussa Hazimeh
4 DF Sierra Leone SLE Suleiman Keita
5 DF Lebanon LBN Ismael Fakhreddine
6 MF Lebanon LBN Yasser Dimashk
7 MF Lebanon LBN Hussein Outa (captain)
8 DF Lebanon LBN Hassan Mallah
9 FW Lebanon LBN Hadi Faitarouni
10 FW Lebanon LBN Hussein Ghanem
11 FW Lebanon LBN Ibrahim Abou Hamdan
14 DF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Kheireddine
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Sauma
19 FW Nigeria NGA Collins Anigbo
20 MF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Chokor
21 FW Lebanon LBN Mohammad Al Jammal
22 DF Lebanon LBN Mohammad El-Moussa
23 DF Lebanon LBN Hamza Hassan
31 GK Lebanon LBN Youssef Jishi
77 FW Lebanon LBN Hikmat Zein
80 MF Lebanon LBN Ahmad Hamed
90 FW Sierra Leone SLE Ibrahim Kamara
99 MF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Mouma

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b As Nabi Chit

References

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